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16.810 Design and RP Introduction to idea sketching
What is idea sketching?
Sketching philosophy
Skills drawing basic shapes
Method to represent 3D objects in 2D
IdeationSketching
Idea ExplorationEngineering style
GoalIn a few weeks
…in 5-10 minutes
Sketching PhilosophyTechnique and visual memory
basic structure proportion necessary details
TechniqueRule number 1
no postage stamps
TechniqueRule number 2
no chicken scratches
Sketching TechniqueLearning a visual language
Mental Model + Skills + Rules = Communicationcognition AABBCC Spelling
GrammarSee spot run
Learning Skills (abc)Freehand arcs
Learning Skills (abc)Freehand lines
Learning Skills (abc)Freehand circles
Learning Skills (abc)Freehand ellipses (30 degree)
Learning The Rules (3D grammar)Exploring space
Perspective
Learning The Rules (3D grammar) Perspective
"Perspective is nothing else than seeing a placebehind a plane of glass, quite transparent, on thesurface of which the object behind the glass are to bedrawn".
Leonardo Davinci
Learning The Rules (3D grammar) Two point perspective
constructing the basic cube
Learning The Rules (grammar) Position relative to horizon
a refrigerator?
Learning The Rules (3D grammar)Cylinders
Complex ShapesFrom simple shapes
Learning The Rules (2D grammar)Unambiguously define shape
Orthographic projection
Learning The Rules (2D grammar) Convention
Orthographic ProjectionLines
Drawing A ProductProcess
Drawing A ProductStep 1: Block out proportions
you may want to create an underlay
Drawing A ProductStep 2: Sketch in the form
Drawing A ProductStep 3: Sketch in the form
on an overlay?
Sketching Process2D or 3D
Block out (position, proportions)H pencil
Necessary detailH Pencil
Darken infine liner (hidden and low visibility)sign pen (interior)chisel (exterior)
ExerciseMake a 16.810 underlay
Block out full scale (grid)
Necessary detail (hard points, freedom, forbidden zone)
Darken infine liner (freedom)sign pen (hard points)chisel (forbidden)
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